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Quality Design inspirationMon, 14 Mar 2016 23:30:18 +0000en-UShourly1Pavlov Visuals launched their new sitehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OtherFocusblog/~3/ohgKGVhD3vs/
http://www.otherfocus.com/pavlov-visuals-launched-their-new-site/#respondMon, 14 Mar 2016 22:59:19 +0000http://www.otherfocus.com/?p=13151Continued]]>Imagine twin brothers being both illustrators and musicians and working together. One living in Texas, USA and the other one living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Both brothers have an unique style on their own and by working together, they push their work to the next level.

That next level is called Pavlov Visuals. A design agency started in 2009 by Ryan and Calvin Sprague. They have worked for clients like Paul Mccartney, Rolling Stones, Reebok, Target and many many more.
Musicians like Bruno Mars, Madonna, Foo Fighters and Red Hot Chili Peppers love to work with Pavlov.
They know that Ryan and Calvin understand and respect their artistic values and can translate their music into illustrations.

]]>http://www.otherfocus.com/pavlov-visuals-launched-their-new-site/feed/0http://www.otherfocus.com/pavlov-visuals-launched-their-new-site/Sundays, a philosophical science-fiction shorthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OtherFocusblog/~3/SVD2dCldCXI/
http://www.otherfocus.com/sundays-a-philosophical-science-fiction-short/#commentsMon, 23 Mar 2015 10:49:00 +0000http://www.otherfocus.com/?p=13138Continued]]>July 20th 2012 was a historical day for the crew of Postpanic and probably the film industry as well.
At this summer day, the project Sundays reached the goal of $50.000 at kickstarter, making it possible for the crew to fly from Amsterdam to Mexico and shoot this incredible short movie.
If Sundays is only meant to be a short movie of 15 minutes long? No. It is set to turn heads in Hollywood.

As Mischa Rozema, the director from Postpanic, calls it on the premiere: “It’s a trailer on steroids”.

]]>http://www.otherfocus.com/sundays-a-philosophical-science-fiction-short/feed/1http://www.otherfocus.com/sundays-a-philosophical-science-fiction-short/10 must haves for designers #5http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OtherFocusblog/~3/CjofhCPc4dI/
http://www.otherfocus.com/10-must-haves-for-designers-5/#commentsSun, 14 Dec 2014 20:16:13 +0000http://www.otherfocus.com/?p=13102Continued]]>The good thing about a design blog trying to inspire you, is that we are designers too. Which means we know about the way you look at and think about the world. We as designers care more about the beauty of a product than anyone else, product that fill our homes should not just be functional, but also be beautiful and be unique.

]]>http://www.otherfocus.com/10-must-haves-for-designers-5/feed/1http://www.otherfocus.com/10-must-haves-for-designers-5/An Other Focus on Chocolatehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OtherFocusblog/~3/gcyI6-iRXzY/
http://www.otherfocus.com/an-other-focus-on-chocolate/#respondMon, 01 Dec 2014 20:28:52 +0000http://www.otherfocus.com/?p=13050Continued]]>According to recent research there will be no more chocolate by 2020. Which is awful news of course! Because who doesn’t like chocolate? So I thought it would be a great idea to enjoy chocolate as long as chocolate is still amongst us. Not chocolate-wise, but design-wise. Below I have created a collection of chocolate design, from great packaging to photography to digital art, and it’s all about chocolate!

]]>http://www.otherfocus.com/an-other-focus-on-chocolate/feed/0http://www.otherfocus.com/an-other-focus-on-chocolate/40 Resources Every Designer Should Knowhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OtherFocusblog/~3/-untLJq8Eoo/
http://www.otherfocus.com/40-resources-every-designer-should-know/#commentsMon, 24 Nov 2014 14:21:00 +0000http://www.otherfocus.com/?p=12915Continued]]>Ever wondered where designers get their resources to help them succeed with a project? Here is a list of great resources including sites, PSD. files, actions, UI elements, mock ups et cetera and best of all, they are totally free and available for you to download.

Just click on the title or image and it will bring you to the resource.

Bookmark this post so that you can always look back at this great list that can help you succeed.

Designed specifically for photographers. With Perfect Effects 3 you’ll find intuitive and powerful tools that make it easy to add effects that can be difficult or time-consuming to create in Photoshop, Lightroom, Photoshop Elements, or Aperture.

It’s a pain to have to select layers, highlight pieces of text, and open the Color Picker to simply grab the hex value of a particular color. Hexy allows you to use the Eyedropper tool to simply click on the color of the object you’re after and copies it directly to your clipboard!

With LiveShare PS you can now broadcast any Photoshop document to as many people as you want through an instant LiveShare meeting. If you make a change to your Photoshop document, they’ll instantly see your changes in the LiveShare meeting—you don’t even have to hit the save button!

This new billboard with the size of football field seems for most of us a bit unreal, right? But New York City shows us that it is possible and that this is the future of advertising.

The advertising billboard which is eight stories high houses some 24 million LED pixels debuted with an exhibition of digital art by Universal Everything Studio. The new billboard is located in the heart of Times Square and faces the intersection passed every day by an average of 300,000 pedestrians and 115,000 drivers and passengers. Wow!

Harry Coghlan, President and General Manager of Clear Channel Outdoor:“It’s a full city block. It’s 80 feet tall, 330 feet wide, 25,000 square feet. It’s the size of a football field.”

And how much is it to actually advertise on this billboard? According to Adweek it’s about $2.5 million a month. Google will be the first company to run an ad after Universal Everything Studio. When you are in New York City, make sure you are visiting this billboard. Because you are looking at an innovating product with spectacular digital art to show.

]]>http://www.otherfocus.com/new-football-field-sized-billboard-debuted-on-times-square/feed/0http://www.otherfocus.com/new-football-field-sized-billboard-debuted-on-times-square/How Big Hero 6 inspires ushttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OtherFocusblog/~3/L2fS3aW4b5E/
http://www.otherfocus.com/how-big-hero-6-inspires-us/#respondThu, 20 Nov 2014 18:57:20 +0000http://www.otherfocus.com/?p=12943Continued]]>Marvel movies like Iron Man and Thor are a real hit these days, so Don Hall from Disney started a collaboration with Chris Williams to fuse the idea of a fun family movie with the action of a superhero Marvel movie. The story is based on the unknown Marvel comic-book, but that’s not what this post will be about.

Of course, as one of our most important goals, it will be about inspiring our readers. And the webdesign of Big Hero 6, made by Watson and Rofl A.Jensen, is a perfect item for that purpose.

We all know the quote by Pablo Picasso “Good artist copy, great artist steal”. Which is a topic and discussion about creativity on it’s own, but it’s certainly great so see new ways of interacting with a website these days. If you are into character design I’m sure this is something for you too. Just browse through the website and hopefully be inspired yourself as well.

]]>http://www.otherfocus.com/how-big-hero-6-inspires-us/feed/0http://www.otherfocus.com/how-big-hero-6-inspires-us/This office desk recharges your deviceshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OtherFocusblog/~3/p-Kb_cMJmkw/
http://www.otherfocus.com/this-office-desk-recharges-your-devices/#respondTue, 18 Nov 2014 15:13:27 +0000http://www.otherfocus.com/?p=12901Continued]]>It may be a dream of every designer: a desk that recharges your mobile device so that do not need to worry anymore about usb ports.
The Katedra office desk by offers actually that and is beauty to look at.

Katedra office desk is a triumph of contrast; a large white surface leans onto a solid wood block that mimics stacked beams. The block has three push-to-open drawers and the desk itself is made out of Kerrock, which is fully recyclable.
Its large working surface has a built in wireless phone charger AirCharge, so your phone will never run out of juice while you are working.

The charger is connected to the LED-charging indicator, which is flashing white when in stand-by mode and turns red when you place your phone on it. When the phone is fully charged it turns green.

Katedra desk is therefore a technologically advanced piece of office furniture with high aesthetic value that joins natural elements and technology and will definitely be a centerpiece of any modern office or co-working space.

]]>http://www.otherfocus.com/this-office-desk-recharges-your-devices/feed/0http://www.otherfocus.com/this-office-desk-recharges-your-devices/Transitionhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OtherFocusblog/~3/Wt_zyhPzVOk/
http://www.otherfocus.com/transition/#commentsMon, 17 Nov 2014 15:32:50 +0000http://www.otherfocus.com/?p=12894Continued]]>Imagine you are lined up in the youth national soccer team of The Netherlands alongside young Van Persie, Robben, Heitinga and others. Unfortunately, due to many injuries, you were forced to give up your professional career as a soccer player.
That is what happened to graffiti artist Does, who had to stop his career at the age of 28. But he wasn’t only good at soccer, he was also mastering graffiti.

This is the story that shows you passion, motivation and drive to go on and that you can be good at multiple things.

Wow! Very inspiring. If only more cities could do this: transform an abandoned factory in the area to create a community that now leases space to woodworkers, performance artists, a coffee shop, painters, sculptors, and others.